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* November 15, 2021: Creator/DanAykroyd appears alongside Creator/BillMurray and Creator/ErnieHudson to promote ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' and, when the show is about to go to commercial, he suddenly gets up from his seat and [[https://youtu.be/j2LHMcBdHEE?t=413 improvises a blues tune that he sings along]] to Music/TheRoots' outro music. Despite being in his 70s, it's clear [[Film/TheBluesBrothers Elwood]] hasn't lost a step.

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* November 15, 2021: Creator/DanAykroyd appears alongside Creator/BillMurray and Creator/ErnieHudson to promote ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' and, when the show is about to go to commercial, he suddenly gets up from his seat and [[https://youtu.be/j2LHMcBdHEE?t=413 improvises a blues tune that he sings along]] to "Spooky"]] with Music/TheRoots' playing it as outro music. Despite being in his 70s, it's clear [[Film/TheBluesBrothers Elwood]] hasn't lost a step.
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* November 15, 2021: Creator/DanAykroyd appears alongside Creator/BillMurray and Creator/ErnieHudson to promote ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' and, when the show is about to go to commercial, he suddenly gets up from his seat and [[https://youtu.be/j2LHMcBdHEE?t=413 improvises a blues tune that he sings along]] to Music/TheRoots' outro music. Despite being in his 70s, it's clear [[Film/TheBluesBrothers Elwood]] hasn't lost a step.
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* You ''will'' believe that [[Creator/DanielRadcliffe Harry Potter]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKdV5FvXLuI can rap]].

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* You ''will'' believe that [[Creator/DanielRadcliffe Harry Potter]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKdV5FvXLuI can rap]]. He is reciting ''Alphabet Aerobics'' of "Blackalicious" from memory. Something he claimed to have memorized in school.
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* During the quarantine caused by Covid-19, Jimmy and the Roots put out a unique version of of the Men Without Hats song "Safety Dance" that included footage of doctors and nurses dancing in hospitals, but what really crosses this over into Awesome territory is the instruments everyone is using, including closing and opening a cupboard door, clearing a tabletop with a squeeze bottle, and turning a page in a book.
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* All and every moment where, despite being pant-wettingly frightened, Jimmy gets involved with Robert Irwin and the creatures he brings in. Jimmy seems a true warrior when Kevin Hart comes on the show, as Kevin does little but run away. Jimmy holds ''everything'', despite dying of terror.

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* All and every moment where, despite being pant-wettingly frightened, Jimmy gets involved with Robert Irwin and the creatures he brings in. Jimmy seems a true warrior when Kevin Hart comes on the show, as Kevin Hart, his guest co-host, does little but run away. Jimmy holds ''everything'', despite dying of terror.
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* All and every moment where, despite being pant-wettingly frightened, Jimmy gets involved with Robert Irwin and the creatures he brings in. Jimmy seems a true warrior when Kevin Hart comes on the show, as Kevin does little but run away. Jimmy holds ''everything'', despite dying of terror.
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* April 21, 2019: Jimmy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-onk-Qm7ATw presented]] a "[[Music/BillyJoel We Didn't Start the Fire]]" [[WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies parody]] featuring the cast of ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. Doubles as a Heartwarming Moment with a comic book panel collage creating an image of Creator/StanLee.
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* February 17, 2014: On his first night, he allowed Joan Rivers to appear after Johnny Carson (and out of respect for Carson, Jay Leno) banned her for a quarter of a century because of a grudge.
* March 21, 2014: Jimmy decided to decree that dancing was illegal on the Tonight Show. His guest was Kevin Bacon. Mr. Bacon was not amused. As such, he decided to express his displeasure in a very [[{{Film/Footloose}} familiar]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T2FpCDlyNg style]].
* After a lip sync battle with Creator/EmmaStone, Jimmy declared Stone was the winner hands down after her incredible [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLBSoC_2IY8 lip sync performances of "Hook" by Blues Traveler and "All I do is Win" by DJ Khaled]].
* Will Ferrell and Chad Smith's epic drum-off, culminating in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uBOtQOO70Y a surprise performance of "Don't Fear the Reaper" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers]].
* You ''will'' believe that [[Creator/DanielRadcliffe Harry Potter]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKdV5FvXLuI can rap]].
* February 1, 2015, the post[=-=]UsefulNotes/SuperBowl XLIX live show: Jimmy took the show to a commercial break, but announcer Steve Higgins suggested that the program should "go out big." After Higgins pulled a lever, the curtains were drawn, and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger (as the Franchise/{{Terminator}}) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG2f0pKr2JY appears to thunderous applause from the audience]], and later declares, "[[CatchPhrase We'll be back!]]"
* February 4, 2015: Jimmy took the show back to LA for the first time since he took over. He then realized a dream dating back to his first year of Late Night, as for the first time since 1994, the cast of Series/SavedByTheBell (minus Lark Vorhees and Dustin Diamond) reunited. Not just that, but in character, and with a spot on recreation of the iconic Bayside High hallway. Bonus points for references to the cast's post-SBTB careers, complete with Elizabeth Berkley's DeathGlare at referring to Jessie [[{{Film/Showgirls}} becoming a stripper]], and Mario Lopez not aging one damn bit.
** Jessie's character was an outspoken feminist, meaning that reaction totally fit the character!
* On September 23, 2015, Jimmy surprised and overjoyed many a 90s kid with a ''completely new [[Series/AllThat Good Burger sketch]]'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=4&v=odQQ4jgGpFU bringing back both Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell]] for their respective roles, and faithfully replicating the original Good Burger restaurant set.
* ''Wrestling/TheUndertaker'' shows up out of nowhere - complete with his trademark BigEntrance - just to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFiRImul_d0 give a Tombstone]] to a guy in a turkey costume.[[note]]And not just any guy - it's Wrestling/{{WWE}} also-ran Brad Maddox![[/note]]
* February 5, 2016: Jimmy's "Puppy Predictors" were summoned to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU66JJHIT7w predict the outcome]] of UsefulNotes/SuperBowl 50. Jimmy placed two food bowls with Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers insignia, respectively. When the puppies were released, the majority of the puppies headed to the Broncos food bowl, and the Broncos were declared the winners of Super Bowl 50. Two days later, in the actual Super Bowl 50, the Broncos '''actually defeated''' the Panthers 24-10! Coincidence? Doubtful.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TJ7IUNWGl4 December 7, 2016]] saw an appearance by [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} Nintendo of America]] president Reggie Fils-Amie, who let Jimmy demo ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRun'' live with Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto himself cheering him on in the audience. After that, Reggie managed to surprise both Jimmy and fellow Nintendo fans by doing a surprise live demonstration of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' '''on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch!'''[[note]]For those out of the loop, Nintendo gave out hardly any information about the Switch in the months leading up to its October preview trailer, and publicly stated that they would not provide any more info about the console until January 2017[[/note]] You could just ''tell'' how overjoyed Jimmy was to be able to experience all this in one night.
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